"For you a thousand times over"

I feel terribly inspired and touched today. With books I have a strange kinship, the couple of bucks you spend buying on them never goes "waste", because every book whether it be exceptionally meaningless or annoyingly extraordinary leave a mark in your brain. They leave stamp imprints upon us. And no matter how much we try, we do process the story again & again. And always, ALWAYS put ourselves in it.

And today, the 13 sunlit day of warm May I completed reading 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini. Words fail me.And how beautifully, heart-breaking it was!
I have a habit of reading the first and the last dialogue of any book I read, no matter how much I try not to do it, I eventually end up doing it. It gives me a bizarre sense of satisfaction. With it I try to make my own little story, my own little world. But, here people the the last dialogue "For you a thousand times over" boggled me. How can you think about a line which has such uncanny thoughts linked to it? Can you?

The book began with a jolt. It was gripping since the very beginning. From the moment Amir friends the harelipped Hassan, the moment where Pashtuns and Hazaras forget their differences, the moment where a journey takes a plunge..to darkness, to sorrows, to happiness.
And the first time I completely understood Pauhlo Coehlo's words, "Truth resides where faith is".

I will not say what the story is about (probably because maximum number of people are aware about this story) but what I will say is about the intensity with which Hosseini's characters effected me. Made me think differently about universe. The characters of Amir and Hassan.

Amir, the protagonist. The emotionally detached soul who brings with him the shades of friendship he and Hassan shared. Though he shares a incessant relationship with Baba jan he regards, respects and worships him. He constantly craves for a father's affection which he receives backs in tiny bits and pieces. The guilt he faces all his adult years. And his relationship with his wife, Soraya.
Amir, stands out because he grows out to be a selfless person from a selfish child who once stole the twinkle of someone's eyes. Of  Hassan's.

He's the boy made up of pure white innocence. Whose china-doll face spoke a thousand unspoken desires.
Hassan  is the unchanged character of the story. He has the first-hand knowledge about pain because of his mother Sanaubar, who ran away days later after creating him. He defines the word 'selfless' by all means and  loyalty is his exceptional quality. The creator of the line," For you a thousand times over "

There is one more person, Sohrab. But to know him, you have to read "The Kite Runner"

I was left teary-eyed after the book. I closed my eyes and opened them again with a smile because this book said something to me, " If I ever left you with you guilt, I will come back again...to replace with an act which won't have a speck of misdeed."

Gotta love books, Eh? :)

The impact-filled pages.

The movie adaptation, [L-R] Hassan and Amir.